Is there a difference between the supplication of asking and the supplication of worship?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is there a difference between the supplication of asking and the supplication of worship?
Answer:
The supplication of asking is a need you have; the supplication of worship is glorifying Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He)[Al-Fatihah 1:5]. So if you say, "Guide us to the straight path," that is asking. [Al-Fatihah 1:2-4] This is worship: praising Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), glorifying Allah. [Al-Fatihah 1:5] This is worship, a supplication of worship. [Al-Fatihah 1:5] up to the end of the surah, this is a supplication of asking. For this reason, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said, "I have divided this surah between Me and My servant in two halves." So from His saying, "All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds," to His saying, "You alone we worship," this is for Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). If he says, "You alone we ask for help," up to the end of the surah, this is a supplication of asking. This is for the servant, and for My servant is what he asked for. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is there a difference between the supplication of asking and the supplication of worship?
Answer:
The supplication of asking is a need you have; the supplication of worship is glorifying Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He)
It is You we worship and You we ask for help.
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ(2) [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds - (3) The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful, (4) Sovereign of the Day of Recompense.
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِIt is You we worship
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُYou we ask for help.
وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [391 -939] هل هناك فرق بين دعاء المسألة ودعاء العبادة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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